TIL is my collection of short, technical daily learnings. 186 and counting.
Import React and React 17 JSX Transform
I’ve written before about the two competing ways to import React, but after React 17, you don’t need either. ...
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Docker Build No Cache
Sometimes your Docker build is cached, and you need to build without cache. ...
Timestamped Branch
Git prevents branches with the same name. But sometimes, I want to re-use a name! Here’s my workaround. ...
Why Keep Binaries Out of Version Control
“Keep binaries out of version control” is a truth I’ve always held, but I recently learned more about why. ...
Set -euo pipefail
My site’s build script has a set command; but what does it do? ...
Django Routing 101
Something I’ve taken a while to get under my fingers is Django’s URL routing conventions. Here’s a brief summary. ...
Tail Docker Logs
Here’s how you tail a Docker log. docker logs --follow <container_name> See docker logs --help for more.
MySQL Vertical Result
MySQL’s display is tabular: ...
Docker Compose Watch
One of my projects features a Dockerized API. The dev process was: write a file, rebuild container, and restart container. There’s a better way! ...
Git Apply a Commit in Reverse
Sometimes I’ll be looking at a Git commit online, and want to put my dev environment in a world where the commit is un-applied. This can be achieved by applying it in reverse. ...